Biography
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and President from 1976 to 2008. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist and Cuban nationalist, he also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1961 until 2011. Under his administration, Cuba became a one-party communist state; industry and business were nationalized, and state socialist reforms were implemented throughout society.
Born in Birán, Oriente, the son of a wealthy Spanish farmer, Castro adopted leftist and anti-imperialist ideas while studying law at the University of Havana. After participating in rebellions against right-wing governments in the Dominican Republic and Colombia, he planned the overthrow of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista, launching a failed attack on the Moncada Barracks in 1953. After a year's imprisonment, Castro traveled to Mexico where he formed a revolutionary group, the 26th of July Movement, with his brother Raúl Castro and Ernesto "Che" Guevara. Returning to Cuba, Castro took a key role in the Cuban Revolution by leading the Movement in a guerrilla war against Batista's forces from the Sierra Maestra. After Batista's overthrow in 1959, Castro assumed military and political power as Cuba's Prime Minister. The United States came to oppose Castro's government and unsuccessfully attempted to remove him by assassination, economic blockade, and counter-revolution, including the Bay of Pigs Invasion of 1961. Countering these threats, Castro aligned with the Soviet Union and allowed the Soviets to place nuclear weapons in Cuba, resulting in the Cuban Missile Crisis – a defining incident of the Cold War – in 1962.
Adopting a Marxist–Leninist model of development, Castro converted Cuba into a one-party, socialist state under Communist Party rule, the first in the Western Hemisphere. Policies introducing central economic planning and expanding healthcare and education were accompanied by state control of the press and the suppression of internal dissent. Abroad, Castro supported anti-imperialist revolutionary groups, backing the establishment of Marxist governments in Chile, Nicaragua, and Grenada, as well as sending troops to aid allies in the Yom Kippur, Ogaden, and Angolan Civil War. These actions, coupled with Castro's leadership of the Non-Aligned Movement from 1979 to 1983 and Cuba's medical internationalism, increased Cuba's profile on the world stage. Following the Soviet Union's dissolution in 1991, Castro led Cuba through the economic downturn of the "Special Period", embracing environmentalist and anti-globalization ideas. In the 2000s, Castro forged alliances in the Latin American "pink tide" – namely with Hugo Chávez's Venezuela – and formed the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas. In 2006, Castro transferred his responsibilities to Vice President Raúl Castro, who was elected to the presidency by the National Assembly in 2008. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fidel Castro, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
all 169
Movies 154
self 153
TV Shows 15
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist (2023)
Caamaño: Militar a Guerrillero (2023)
Le Siècle des icônes (2022)
Andança: Os Encontros e as Memórias de Beth Carvalho (2022)
The Padilla Affair (2022)
The Boys from Brazil: Rise of the Bolsonaros (2022)
Gérard Philipe, le dernier hiver du Cid (2022)
The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes (2022)
Rat Pack (2022)
The Death of God (2021)
Ernest Hemingway: 4 Weddings and a Funeral (2021)
A History of an Assignment (2021)
How to Become a Tyrant (2021)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
Spycraft (2021)
I Am Jackie O (2020)
Friedrich Engels - Der Unterschätzte (2020)
537 Votes (2020)
Wasp Network (2020)
Laboratory Greece (2019)
Cuba, la révolution et le monde (2019)
The Irishman (2019)
Amérique latine, l'année de tous les dangers (2019)
Chop Chop Chang: Operation C.H.I.M.P (2019)
ReMastered: Massacre at the Stadium (2019)
Cuba, un aller et un retour (2018)
Another Day of Life (2018)
Chavismo: The Plague of the 21st Century (2018)
Explained (2018)
Karl Marx und seine Erben (2018)
Bobby Kennedy for President (2018)
Cuba and the Cameraman (2017)
El Che (2017)
Two Meetings and a Funeral (2017)
Angola: The War (2017)
Elián (2017)
Nobody (2017)
Historien ska frikänna mig (2016)
Franco and Fidel: A Strange Friendship (2016)
Fidel Castro: America's Nemesis (2016)
Assassinating Franco (2016)
Castro: The World's Most Watched Man (2015)
Celia - la más hermosa flor (2015)
Guerilleros (2015)
Black and Cuba (2015)
Mr. Robot (2015)
Laissez-faire (2015)
Killing Jimmy Hoffa (2014)
The Hitch (2014)
The Opposition (2014)
Killing Oswald (2013)
JFK Assassination: The Definitive Guide (2013)
The Man Who Saved the World (2012)
The Mayor (2012)
7 Days in Havana (2012)
Castro in Winter (2012)
Ethel (2012)
Memories of Overdevelopment (2011)
Mentiras verdaderas (2011)
Santiago Files (2011)
The Kennedy Detail (2010)
Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up (2010)
My Father Evgeni (2010)
Memória Cubana (2010)
CUBA: Defending Socialism, Resisting Imperialism (2010)
Being Fidel Castro (2010)
The Inconclusive Independence (2010)
Did the Mob Kill JFK? (2009)
The Kennedy Assassination: 24 Hours After (2009)
South of the Border (2009)
La Rabbia di Pasolini (2008)
Maradona by Kusturica (2008)
Frame 313: The JFK Assassination Theories (2008)
RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy (2007)
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn (2007)
Oswald's Ghost (2007)
The War on Democracy (2007)
Lejos de la isla (2007)
Cuando la verdad despierta (2007)
Un Giorno con Fidel (2007)
Cuba, el valor de una utopía (2006)
638 Ways to Kill Castro (2006)
Looking for Fidel (2006)
The Doomsday Clock (2006)
I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth (2005)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005)
Odd People Out (2004)
Salvador Allende (2004)
Fidel Castro: Life for the Revolution (2004)
Looking For Fidel (2004)
The Fog of War (2003)
Jack Paar: Smart Television (2003)
Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers (2003)
Comandante (2003)
Naqoyqatsi (2002)
Fond Memories of Cuba (2002)
Rafters (2002)
The Cuban Game (2001)
Dear Fidel: Marita's Story (2001)
Louder Than War (2001)
Fidel: The Untold Story (2001)
Kubánske otázniky (2000)
Faith of the Century: A History of Communism (1999)
The Secret KGB JFK Assassination Files (1999)
Cold War (1998)
Ernest Hemingway: Wrestling with Life (1997)
Soviet Union: The Rise and Fall - Part 2 (1996)
Ernesto Che Guevara - Uomo, Compagno, Amico (1995)
The Century of Warfare [DVD Release] (1994)
The Century of Warfare (1993)
8A (1993)
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy (1992)
JFK (1991)
Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America (1991)
Portrait of Castro's Cuba (1991)
Cuba 30 Anni Dopo (1990)
American Expose: Who Murdered JFK? (1988)
The Uncompromising Revolution (1988)
Brascuba (1987)
The CIA's War Against Cuba (1987)
Fidel Racconta il Che (1987)
Cuba: In the Shadow of Doubt (1986)
Jacques Cousteau: Rediscover the World | New Zealand, Tahiti, Cuba, & Cape Horn (1986)
Chile: A Genral Record (1986)
Informe especial (1984)
Improper Conduct (1984)
Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man (1984)
Scarface (1983)
A Good Turn Daily (1983)
On Company Business (1980)
The Necessary War (1980)
A Grin Without a Cat (1977)
CBS Reports: The CIA's Secret Army (1977)
My Brother, Fidel (1977)
The Spiral (1976)
Waiting for Fidel (1975)
General Idi Amin Dada (1974)
The Society of the Spectacle (1974)
Cuba and Fidel (1974)
Chile, el gran desafío (1973)
And Heaven Was Taken by Storm (1973)
Compromiso con Chile (1972)
El Diálogo de América (1972)
I Am a Son of America (1972)
Fidel (1971)
Cuba: Battle of the 10,000,000 (1971)
Topaz (1969)
The Two Kennedys (1969)
The Hour of the Furnaces (1968)
Far from Vietnam (1967)
End of a Revolution (1967)
John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums (1966)
The Sin Syndicate (1965)
Cyclone (1964)
Salut les Cubains (1963)
Guest from the Island of Freedom (1963)
Muerte al invasor (1962)
¡Cuba Sí! (1961)
Yanki No! (1960)
General Assembly (1960)
Cuban Rebel Girls (1959)
Cuban Story (1959)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
Ernesto Che Guevara
Teofilo
Celebrating PBS NewsHour
Revolution's Daughter
Fidel Castro no Rio de Janeiro, 1959
Die Diktatoren
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1926-08-13
Deathday2016-11-25 (90 years old)
Birth NameFidel Alejandro Castro Ruz
Birth PlaceBirán, Cuba
Religionagnosticism
RelationshipsMirta Díaz-Balart (1948-10-11 - 1955-01-01), Dalia Soto del Valle (1980-01-01 - 2016-01-01), Natalia Revuelta Clews (1950-01-01 - 1950-01-01)
ChildrenFidel Ángel Castro Diaz-Balart, Alina Fernández
FatherÁngel Castro y Arguíz
MotherLina Ruz González
SiblingsRaúl Castro, Ramón Castro Ruz, Juanita Castro, Emma Castro, Lidia Castro Argota
CitizenshipsCuba
ResidencesSantiago de Cuba, Cuba
Also Known AsFidel Alejandro Castro Ruz
AwardsOrder of Timor-Leste, Order of Jamaica, Order of Georgi Dimitrov, Order of Ho Chi Minh, Order of José Martí, Order of the Quetzal, Order of Belize, Order of the October Revolution, Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo, Order of Karl Marx, Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Star of People's Friendship, Lenin Peace Prize, Hero of the Soviet Union, Order of the Crown of the Realm, Order of Merit of Duarte, Sanchez and Mella, Order of Lenin, Confucius Peace Prize, Al-Gaddafi International Prize for Human Rights, Order of Merit, Order of the Nile, Order of the Liberator, Order of Klement Gottwald, Star of the Socialist Republic of Romania, Bintang Mahaputera Adipurna, Grand Collar of the Order of Good Hope, Grand Cross of the National Order of Mali, Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Order of Agostinho Neto, Order of Omar Torrijos Herrera, Collar of the Order of the White Lion, Order of the Yugoslavian Great Star, Order of Eduardo Mondlane, 1st class, Emblem of the Republic, Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st class, Order of Merit, 1st class, Grand Cross of the Order of the Aztec Eagle, honorary doctorate of the National University of San Marcos
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